El Nido Private Speedboat Tour A

Big Lagoon, Secret Lagoon, Shimizu Island, Payong-Payong Beach and Seven Commandos Beach — the classic Tour A lineup, reached faster. Stop lineups rotate with local regulations, lagoon visitor caps and daily conditions.

Two things change: you get to Big Lagoon before the convoy of shared boats, and the crossings between stops shrink, so more of the day is spent swimming and snorkeling and less of it sitting on a bench. The day also ends earlier — back at the dock around 3:00 PM rather than 5:00. The boat takes a maximum of 8 guests and is private to your group; the tour is operated in collaboration with Alexus Travel and Tours.

The price covers the private speed boat with licensed crew and fuel, lunch, drinking water, life vests and safety equipment, and hotel pickup within the pickup area. On the day you pay cash for the ₱400 El Nido Eco-Tourism Development Fee and the ₱200 lagoon entrance fee per person, plus kayak hire and any gear rental.

Departures run at 8:00, 8:30 and 9:00 AM with pickup at hotels inside the pickup area — El Nido town, the boat dock and Corong-Corong. The boat is back at El Nido Beach Boat Dock around 3:00 PM. Hotel drop-off is not included; a tricycle covers the last stretch cheaply.

Coast Guard cancellations are a normal part of an El Nido season, and a refund or a rebooking to another day is standard practice when the day is called off. A speed boat does not exempt the day from Coast Guard advisories: when the sea is closed, it is closed for every hull in the bay.

Reef-safe sunscreen, a towel, a dry bag, water shoes (the karst is sharp) and small bills for the fees collected at the stops. A phone in a waterproof pouch replaces most of the camera kit people haul. Speed boats throw spray, so a dry bag matters more here than on an outrigger.

Yes, as long as you say so at booking. Life vests are standard and required at most stops, and the crews are practiced with nervous swimmers — tell them and they keep an eye out. With only your own group aboard, the crew can shorten a stop or skip the kayaking without holding anyone else up.

Full payment is taken at booking. Cancellations made up to 7 days before the tour date are refunded in full; inside 7 days a 50% cancellation fee applies, and no-shows or cancellations within 24 hours are not refunded. Changes are subject to availability and price adjustments. Message us early if plans shift and we will help rebook.

RR Travel El Nido operates this service.

This service has an estimated duration of 6 hours to complete.

Available activity slots are 8:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:00 AM daily.